Results Without Authority Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn't Report to You

"As project managers, our essential struggle is to lead cross-functional initiatives throughhierarchies and politics. I have often wished for a roadmap to guide myself and my team. Results Without Authorityis that roadmap, and I plan to refer to it often." Wendy M. Pfeiffer, Enterprise PMO Manager, YAHOO Inc. "A must-read for project managers! Chocked full with pragmatic advice and detailed steps for leading projects successfully." Craig Chatterton, General Manager, SupportSoft Inc. When you're a project manager with a team of people who don't technically report to you, your challenge is to get Results Without Authority. This book delivers proven techniques for controlling projects and managing diverse teams in a wide variety of situations, and bringing those projects to successful closure. The concepts in this book are essential for all project managers, with and without authority, because they offer a productive alternative to "command and control" management techniques that can easily backfire. You will learn how to establish and build: Control Through Process. Control Through Influence. Control Through Project Metrics. Control with Project Initiation. Control Through Project Planning. Control Through Tracking and Monitoring. Control Through Project Closure. Packed with invaluable guidance, this book will help novice and experienced project leaders get the best from their project teams. Tom Kendrick is a program manager, most recently with the Hewlett-Packard Company, and the author of Identifying and Managing Project Riskand The Project Management Tool Kit. He conducts project management classes, and presents at conferences and universities on program management, project risk, and related topics.Kendrick, Tom is the author of 'Results Without Authority Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn't Report to You', published 2006 under ISBN 9780814473436 and ISBN 0814473431.